The Fifties: The Way We Really Were

The Fifties: The Way We Really Were
ISBN-10
0385112483
ISBN-13
9780385112482
Series
The Fifties
Category
History
Pages
444
Language
English
Published
1977
Publisher
VNR AG
Authors
Douglas T. Miller, Marion Nowak

Description

Surveys the social, cultural, and political history of the United States during the decade of the 1950's.

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